hi, why is it FORCED ? bypassing a GLOBAL setting and also the kernel command line !!! drivers/s390/block/dasd.c /* * Allocate and initialize request queue and default I/O scheduler. */ static int dasd_alloc_queue(struct dasd_block *block) { int rc; block->request_queue = blk_init_queue(do_dasd_request, &block->request_queue_lock); if (block->request_queue == NULL) return -ENOMEM; block->request_queue->queuedata = block; elevator_exit(block->request_queue->elevator); block->request_queue->elevator = NULL; rc = elevator_init(block->request_queue, "deadline"); if (rc) { blk_cleanup_queue(block->request_queue); return rc; } return 0; } -thanks- -- «Allá muevan feroz guerra, ciegos reyes por un palmo más de tierra; que yo aquí tengo por mío cuanto abarca el mar bravío, a quien nadie impuso leyes. Y no hay playa, sea cualquiera, ni bandera de esplendor, que no sienta mi derecho y dé pecho a mi valor.» -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-s390" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html